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March 1, 2010
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
LSU continues to hold top spot in CBI Composite Poll
Virginia stays in second, Florida State remains in third,
Texas is
fourth
 By sitting
on top of three of the national polls, the LSU Tigers are No. 1
in the latest CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll.
The defending national champion, LSU is first in the Collegiate Baseball,
NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN polls and second in the Baseball America poll. The Tigers,
led by head coach Paul Mainieri (right), defeated McNeese State in Baton Rouge
and swept a three-game
home series this past weekend with William and Mary.
The ACC holds down the next two spots.
Virginia is first in the Baseball America poll and second in the CBI Composite Poll. The
Cavaliers beat George Washington in Charlottesville and took three this past
weekend from Rhode Island.
Florida State remains at No. 3. The
Seminoles are third in two polls and sixth in the other two. The
Seminoles swept a three-game set from Hofstra in Tallahassee.
Preseason No. 1 Texas climbs one spot to
take fourth. The Longhorns topped Dallas Baptist and swept a three-game home
series from No. 19 Stanford.
Arizona State swept a four-game home
series from Towson to remain perfect at 7-0. The Sun Devils moved up three
spots to No. 5.
Coastal Carolina rose the most in this
week's poll, climbing from No. 17 to No. 9. The Chanticleers went 5-0 this
past week, winning at Wake Forest, defeating James Madison and NC State and
sweeping a doubleheader from No. 5 UC Irvine in Baseball at the Beach at
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The Anteaters dropped significantly
after a 1-3 weekend at the beach, falling from fifth to No. 15.
About the
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll
The
CollegeBaseballInsider.com Composite Poll weighs the four primary national
polls, thereby providing the most accurate national ranking. In case of ties in the composite ranking, the team with a higher
individual ranking will come first.
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CBI Composite Poll (3/1/10) |
BA |
CB |
NCBWA |
U/E |
Composite |
Last rank |
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1 |
LSU (7-0) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
2 |
Virginia (6-1) |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
|
3 |
Florida State (6-0) |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
3 |
|
4 |
Texas (5-2) |
3 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
18 |
5 |
|
5 |
Arizona State (7-0) |
12 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
22 |
8 |
|
6 |
Georgia Tech (7-1) |
4 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
23 |
4 |
|
7 |
Florida (5-0) |
5 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
23 |
7 |
|
8 |
TCU (5-1) |
7 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
32 |
10 |
|
9 |
Coastal Carolina (7-1) |
8 |
8 |
13 |
10 |
39 |
17 |
|
10 |
Clemson (6-0) |
13 |
12 |
9 |
9 |
43 |
12 |
|
11 |
Louisville (7-0) |
10 |
13 |
11 |
13 |
47 |
11 |
|
12 |
Miami (Fla.) (5-1) |
16 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
48 |
13 |
|
13 |
North Carolina (6-1) |
20 |
15 |
12 |
12 |
59 |
16 |
|
14 |
Oregon State (5-2) |
22 |
10 |
18 |
15 |
65 |
18 |
|
15 |
UC Irvine (4-3) |
11 |
26 |
14 |
16 |
67 |
5 |
|
16 |
Arkansas (5-1) |
17 |
19 |
15 |
17 |
68 |
NR |
|
17 |
UCLA (6-0) |
19 |
14 |
20 |
18 |
71 |
NR |
|
18 |
East Carolina (4-3) |
14 |
21 |
19 |
21 |
75 |
20 |
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19 |
Rice (3-4) |
9 |
31 |
16 |
20 |
76 |
15 |
|
20 |
Mississippi (6-1) |
21 |
18 |
21 |
19 |
79 |
NR |
BA-Baseball
America poll; CB-Collegiate
Baseball poll; NCBWA-National
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll; U/E-USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll; Composite-Sum
of rankings;
Last rank-Last week's composite ranking
Why a composite poll? CBI felt
that four national polls was enough. Plus, each week you find discrepancies that
make it tough to gauge where a team really is. This week's example: Rice in No.
9 in one poll, unranked in another.
(photo courtesy of LSU Media
Relations Office)
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